Why backup vendors that uses RHV api is attaching the snapshot disk to the agent VM before the snapshot operation is completed

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Commvault which uses RHV api to do the backup of the VMs is attaching the snapshot disk to the agent VM before the snapshot operation is completed.
  • If the agent VM and the VM which is being backed up is on the same host, hotplugging the disk to the VM is failing with error below.
libvirtError: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'device_add': Failed to get shared "write" lock
  • The VM is going into paused mode immediately after the disk hotplug.

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.1.
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.2.

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